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Biagio Rebecca draws the London Opera House: London’s King’s Theatre in the 1790s
05/2019 | 1394 | 161
Pages: 364-373
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Author:
Burden, Michael (Burden, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Rebecca, Biagio / West, Benjamin / Novosielski, Michael / Marinari, Gaetano
buildings:
Concert Room, King's Theatre, London, Great Britain / King's Theatre, Haymarket, London, Great Britain
dates:
1790-1799
media:
Watercolours
museums and institutions:
Royal Collection, (Great Britain)
subjects:
Architectural history / Theatre design / Interior design / Interior spaces / Decorative arts / Opera / Music / Plays (representations) / Audiences
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The auditorium of the Opera House, London, by Biagio Rebecca. c.1793. Pen and ink and watercolour on paper, 66.5 by 54 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019).
Attributed works:
2. An Inside View of the Opera House, by J. Page after R. Arnold, published in Carlton House Magazine (1792). Engraving, 12.4 by 20.6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
3. The Opera House, by A.C. Pugin after Thomas Rowlandson, hand coloured by J. Black, published in R. Ackermann: Microcosm of London, London 1808–10 (1809). Engraving with acquatint, 26.6 by 33.3 cm. (The Bodleian Library, Oxford).
Attributed works:
4. Opera House or King’s Theatre at the Hay-Market, by James Storer after Anthony van Assen, published by Harrison & Co. 1795. Etching, 10.5 by 14 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
5. The Concert Room, The Opera House, London, attributed to Biagio Rebecca. c.1793. Pen and ink and watercolour on paper, 59.9 by 79.5 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019)
Attributed works:
7. The Prince of Wales as ‘The Modern Atlas’, by Isaac Cruikshank, published by S.W. Fores. 1791. Hand coloured etching, 25.3 by 37.6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
8. The Opera House and the Concert Room, London, as completed 1794, by J. Willis after A.C. Pugin, published by John Weale, c.1800. Engraving, 13 by 22.3 cm. (Private collection).
Western art unattributed:
6. The Opera House, Haymarket, London. After 1794. Watercolour on paper, 20.6 by 32.7 cm. (British Museum, London).